TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: SOLOMON KANE #4

Solomon Kane #4 will arrive in stores on Jan 7 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara and a cover by John Cassaday.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"An action-filled frenzy! With his host wounded--and bodies piling up in both the Black Forest and the Castle of the Devil--Solomon Kane tries to keep himself and his deceptively simple companion, John Silent, from quick deaths on the gallows. The lovely, scheming Mahasti is missing, supernatural horrors lurk in the forest, and Baron von Staler becomes a bit unhinged. Expanding upon Robert E. Howard's unfinished 'Castle of the Devil' story."

Solomon Kane #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: THE CLEANERS #2

The Cleaners #2 will arrive in stores on Jan. 21 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Mark Weaton and Joshua Hale Fialkov, with art by Rahsan Ekedal.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"Here are the facts we know so far: In less than twenty-four hours, a discreet team of private-practice trauma-scene cleaners has been dispatched to clean up two very large blood spills in the LA areačone filling a room at a prestigious landmark hotel, and another taking up half a suburban block in the Valley. There are no bodies to speak of, no known victims, no explanation for how or why the blood appeared. But Robert Bellarmine -- whose cleaning crews get called in to take care of the weirdest jobs, the ones the cops can't or won't handle -- can already tell that both his advanced medical training and his scientifically skeptical mind will be pushed to the limit as he sets out to find a rational explanation for these sudden eruptions of gore. And when ten-year-old Henry Lisander goes missing the next day, Bellarmine knows he has even less time to figure out who or what is behind the bloodbath!"

The Cleaners #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #37

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #37 will arrive in stores on Jan. 14 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by John Jackson Miller, with art by Bong Dazo and a cover by Dan Scott.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"'Prophet Motive,' part 2 or 2. Former Padawan Zayne Carrick's new life takes a turn for the worse as a con gone wrong puts his friends in a deadly predicament! Fleecing the corrupt financial exchange on Metellos 3 seemed like a victimless crime to Zayne's friends Jarael and Rohlan-until they became the victims! Now prisoners of a galactic criminal syndicate, Jarael and Rohlan must find a way to survive long enough for Zayne and his conniving cohort Gryph to rescue them!"

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #37 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.